Hail-proof wire-woven roofing or sheathing



Rc E. MUIST.

HAIL PROOF WIRE WOVEN -ROOFING 0R SHIEATHING.

APPLlcAloN FILED JUNE 6.1919.

1,362,887. Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

uurrro smrrs Param 'orricrg ROGERS E. IVIOIST, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

HAIL-PROOF TIRE-WOVEN ROOFING- 0R SHEATHIN G.

Application filed .Tune 6,

/'ovall w /tom t may concern.'

Ile it known that I, ROGERS E. Mols'r, a citizen of the United States residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haillroof 1Vire-roven Rooiingor Sheathing,

'of which the following isa Specification,

reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an .improved roofing, and more particularly to a hailproof, wire-woven roofing, or sheathing.

"I he object of the invention is the pr0duction of a very eiiicie'nt and durable roofing that is made of a composition reinforced by :1 wire mesh.

Another object of the invention 'is the i construction of a roofing of different layers of a peculiarly-compounded material, and interposed between these layers is a metal mesh or a metal layer.

With lthese and other objects in View, my

invention 'comprises certain combinations of ingredients and the arrangementof -layers as will be more specifically pointed out in the following description, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings'.

In the drawings,`

- Figure l'is a perspectiveview of a piece of my improved roofing, showing one corner of a layer turned up to reveal the position of the Wire mesh therein.

Fig. 2 is an edge view in elevation of Iny improved roofing.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, il designates the inner layer, 2 is the wire mesh, and 3 is the outer or top layer; the

Specification of 'Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 21, 1920. 191e. serial No. 302,151.

inner layer l is provided with an inner, smooth surface el, while the upper or outer layer 3 is provided with'a roughened or I wish it to be understood that I reserve'- the right tomake such minor alterations 0r changes in the manufacture of my roong as shall appear to one skilled in the art to` which this invention-relates, which changes or alterations4 shall fairl fall Within the scope o f Vtheappended c aims.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A roofing of 'the class described, comprisingcotton, Wool, linen, silk, oil, coal-tar products, asbestos, Wood pulp, rubber, asphalt, and metal wire.,

s a new 'article -of manufacture a roon body avingl in the center thereof a wire mesh and a body consisting of cotton, wool, linen, silk, oil, coal tar products, asbestos, wood pulp, rubber and asphalt, and said of the class described comprising a v body provided with a smooth inner surface land with a rou h sandpaper-like outer surface, substantie ly as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. l ROGERS .E. MOIST. 

